Ahh well, I figured that I could use some more practical experience in sharpening my photography skills so I signed up for a weekend class taught by a local guy who does amazing wildlife photography.
Side commentary first before launching into the day: I cracked up when people pulled out their cameras…it was hilarious how each person immediately looked at the camera and then put the person they were looking at (or equipment) into a hierarchy. I find this behavior so funny (not that I am not susceptible to it) because oftentimes there is some sort of compensation with equipment – be it mountain biking, hiking etc. The person with the biggest or the best oftentimes has no clue what they are doing….so anyway…..
I stopped myself from writing a blog on Saturday when I came back from the class because frankly, I was completely shattered.
First the back story:
As part of the class, we had to send in our two BEST images….after an hour or two of obsessing over which two of my 1000 plus pics I should send, debating the merits of the various top 8 with friends and Darren (yes, yes folks it should be no surprise I did this given my, well, slightly obsessive nature), I decided on two and with a big sigh hit the send button.
Now what happened:
Time was running out for the 1st day of class and the guy wanted to get through the critique of the images we had sent in - ORIGINALLY, we were each suppose to talk about our pictures, what we were trying to achieve and what we thought could be improved. Well, as I said, running out of time, your man launched into a very pointed critique of each of the images and found plenty wrong with each – of course, some of us, ok…..I was hoping for a reaction like "WOW, what an amazing image" ego stroke, ego stroke etc. Needless to say, not the case and I returned home to lick my wounds.
Anyway, I gathered my ego bruised photographer self for the next morning of "shooting in the field"…here is one of the images I took that I kinda like but your man thought was "excellent"….hummm ok.
Biggest lesson of the day – photography is like wine – there is real crap and really excellent stuff but it really comes down to what your personal tastes are.
All in all it was a good experience and built on top of what Amber had taught me about camera usage….thanks again honey!….next time though, lesson learned, I will send in some semi crappy photos and then I won't care 🙂
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